How to Upload Photos from Dropbox to Instagram

How To Upload Photos From Dropbox To Instagram
As you may have realised... Instagram is a predominantly mobile based platform. You can only upload
photos to Instagram using your mobile device. This can be a roadblock for schools or any organisation
that has multiple people taking photos and managing the one Instagram account. In this tutorial I'm
going to show you how you can utilise Dropbox to collect photos from multiple staff members, and also
moderate which photos go to Instagram. The moderating aspect here is a huge advantage, especially
to schools who have one or two key people who decide which content is appropriate for public
distribution.
For those that don't know, Dropbox is a file sharing cloud application that lets you easily share folders
on Windows or Mac between multiple users. It syncs in the background and is an extremely useful tool.
I'm going to demo both Android and IOS platforms below. There are a few more steps on IOS but the
process is relatively the same.
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Step 1. Install both the Dropbox and Instagram apps on your mobile device
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Step 2. Create a shared folder on Dropbox
Share this folder to everyone that will be contributing photos. You can name the folder whatever you
like. I have named it "Shared Photos" for this tutorial.
Android instructions
The following steps are for Android users. Scroll down to see the steps required for iPhone users.

To upload your photos to Dropbox - Open the Dropbox app, Navigate to the desired
folder, and click the "Upload here" dropdown option
Click the top right icon with the three vertical dots to see this dropdown menu.

Select "Photos or videos"

Choose the photos you would like to upload to the Dropbox folder
All contributors can follow these previous steps to upload photos for the Publications Manager to see
and choose which photos should be uploaded to Instagram.

Publications Manager - Choose a photo you would like to upload to Instagram and
select the "More" option

Choose the "Export" menu item

Scroll down until you see "Instagram"

Add filters etc. just like normal and upload your chosen image to the schools
Instagram account

IOS Instructions
The following steps are for iPhone users.
Uploading to Dropbox - Navigate to your desired Dropbox folder to upload a photo
from your mobile device. Click the "Upload" dropdown option

Select an image from one of your Albums

Publications Manager - Select an image in Dropbox to upload to Instagram and Tap on
the bottom left icon

Select "Save Image" to save the Dropbox image to your internal IOS Photos
This is an extra step required for IOS users. You can't export directly to Dropbox on iPhone.

Open the Instagram App on your mobile device and Tap on the bottom left icon to
select a photo from your IOS device

Add filters etc. just like normal and upload your chosen image to the schools
Instagram account

Thats it!
Now you have the power to leverage multiple users taking photos on multiple devices, and are able to
moderate which photos make it to the public Instagram account. Here's how I can see this being really
effective in a practical situation. At a school event such as a sports day, open day, fete, graduation etc.
you can have multiple different staff members taking photos on their own phones, saving those photos
to a shared Dropbox folder, and one primary person uploading specific or appropriate photos to the
school Instagram account. This gives parents a real-time update on what's happening at the school. Of
course you need to be sensitive to student privacy etc. but how much more effective is this process as
compared to the traditional way of having one person run around campus with a digital camera, then
having to sort through hundreds of photos, and then uploading select photos hours or days after the
event?
I think the main benefit of this process is the ability to moderate which photos go public. Schools are
very particular about which content goes public on their social accounts. Rather than giving out access
to all staff to upload directly to Instagram, now you can give them an option to save as many photos as
they like to the Dropbox folder, and have one person in charge of which photos go public.
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